- Date
- April 28, 1996, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hope, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N212RFCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1997
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19960428008909A
- Case key
- 2832
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. A factor in the accident was soft terrain.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The certificated airline transport pilot was landing on a remote area of beach. During the landing roll, the airplane's tires settled into a soft muddy area and the airplane nosed over. It received damage to the left wing and rudder.
Factual narrative
On April 28, 1996, about 1300 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Cessna 180, N212RF, nosed over while landing on a remote area of beach, about 7 miles west of Hope, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) local area personal flight when the accident occurred. The airplane, registered to and operated by the pilot, sustained substantial damage. The certificated airline transport pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at the Quartz Creek airport, Cooper Landing, Alaska, at 1230.
In a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC), the pilot reported that he was landing on a 1,500 feet long area to the west. During the landing roll, the airplane's tires settled into a soft muddy area and the airplane nosed over. It received damage to the leading edge of the left wing, wing tip and rudder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N212RF
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32394
- Airframe hours
- 5,500
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wayne L. Koecher
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 31, 1995 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- JLA · Cooper Landing, AK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N212RF · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.